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Friday, June 26, 2009

All bets are off

I am emotionally - a wreck. I went to be irritated and woke up angry.I am really annoyed/bothered/disgusted by all the MJ comments. "Poor MJ", "So sad about MJ"....I'm not shocked, I knew it was coming; the celebrity tributes, the crazed fans etc etc. But it bothers me and here's why; he was accused of molesting children! Does that not speak volumes to anyone else? I don't care if you are the king of pop, if you can walk on water or can turn things into gold with the touch of your finger --- when it comes to molesting children --- all bets are off.The point was brought up to me that he was accused and not convicted. Well I have this to say to them...tell that to the poor child - the victim. At the very least...itis not appropriate for a grown man to have someone else's child in his bed. Is that not common sense? What kind of example are we setting for the kids? That its okay to get away with molestation if you have lots of money. And what kind of message are we sending to the victims of molestation? I wish that MJ was held to the same standards as that pedophile that lives a street over from you. Everybody wants to burn that mans house down. But NO...not MJ...its okay if he does it. Sorry about what happened to you little boy but we really like MJ - so we are going to turn a blind eye to what happened.I am so so saddened for the victim(s) and his children. I pray that those kids can find healing and peace in their lives...I am hesitant about allowing reader comments on this post because this is obviously already a hot topic issue on FB. This will not be turned into an argument. You can either agree or disagree with me - I just needed an outlet to spit this all out. If you would like to leave a comment please do so but I will be monitoring them.

On one hand I agree with you, he was definitely a wierdo, and he did some really strange things, and then on the other hand, I think he had a terrible upbringing/childhood (which is no excuse). I just think he was mentally unstable. I did think he got away with way too much because of who he was. which is not right.

So while I do not agree with how he lived his life , I did enjoy his music, and I grew up with it. So I am choosing to remember the good things he did.

I'm with you. I'm grateful for the music he left behind, and it's kind of weird that he is dead... but really, didn't he basically die, like, twenty years ago? At least the man we thought we knew did. The creature he became was always sort of a different entity for me... and certainly not someone I'll mourn.

You know what? I agree completely with you... it makes me wonder if when OJ dies, is everybody going to forget that he poorly covered up a brutal homicide or is everybody suddenly going to feel sad and reflect back on his football career again? Hehehe...